Quaternary halides of gluconamides

ABSTRACT

NOVEL COMPOSITIONS OF MATTER CONSISTING OF QUATERNARY HALDES OF TRALKYL OR HYDROXYALKYL AMINO ALKYL GLUCONAMIDES HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE EXCELLENT EMOLLIENTS HAVING HIGH SUBSTANTIVITY FOR SKIN. THEY ARE PREPARED, FOR EXAMPLE, BY THE CONDENSATION OF DELTA GLUCONOLACTONE WITH GAMMA DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL AMINE AND THE THE RESULTING FLUCAONAMIDE QUATERNIZED BY REACTION WITH AN ALKYL HALIDE OR HYDROXYALKYL HALIDE.

United States Patent "ice 3312, 1 931 i 2 3,766,267 gluconamides havingformulae selected from the group QUATERNARY HALIDES 0F GLUCONAMIDES i tif; Henry Zak, Great Notch, and Donald E. Conner, Clifton, O H P N.J.,assignors to Van Dyk 8: Company, Incorporated, H Belleville,N.J.OHCHz(OHOH)4C-N(CH2)nNR 01- No Drawing. Filed Mar. 3, 1971, Ser. No.120,733 5 I Int. Cl. C07c 103/30 US. Cl. 260-561 B 3 Claims andbis-quaternary halide salts of N,N,N,N'-tetraalkyl diazaalkylenebis-gluconamides having formulae selected ABSTRACT on THE DISCLOSUREfrom the group conssting 0 H R Novel compositions of matter consistingof quaternary g f halides of trialkyl or hydroxyalkyl amino alkylglucon- OHCH2-(CHOH)4 T T amides have been found to be excellentemollients having R/g hlgh substantlvlty f They are Prepared for whereinR is independently selected from the group conample, by the condensationof delta gluconolactone with 1 Sistihg of methyl ethyl andhetahydroxyethyl radicals; gamma r PY amlfle f the the resulting R isindependently selected from the group consisting of gluconamidequaterruzed by reaction with an alkyl halide C1 to C12 alkyl, henzyl andheta hydroxyethyl radicals; A or hydroxyalkyl hahdeis a straight-chainterminally substituted alkylene radical having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms;and n is an integer of FIELD OF THE INVENTION from 2 to 4; haveexcellent emollient properties, are readily ad usted to a pH of between4 and 5 in solution There s an ever-increasing need for lmpl Y emolh andare accordingly substantive to skin and hair which Partlcularly 1naEPPllcatlonS lnvolvmg F r or F have an isoelectric point of 3.7 to 4.1and are compatible i uses Where a 3 g degfee of substaniwltyfo 5km withhydrophylic adjuvants which aid in maintaining an deslrfid P f P P Y lhydrophyhc adiuvanfis adequate moisture interface with the skin. Whilenot required. This invention provides novel synthetic cationic wishingto be bound by any theory f Operation it is emollients havingoutstanding properties for the purposes believed that the Superiorqualities of emolliency, Slip, mantlonedpenetration and occlusion whichthe products of this in- DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR T vention possess, arerecognized as desiderata by those 3 having skill in the cosmetic art andare due to the poly- U.S. Patent 2,662,073 describes the preparation ofalkyl hydroxyalkyl Structure of the gluconamide moiety.

gluconamides and their use as non-ionic wetting agents and disclosessulfated long-chain gluconamides as anionic DISCUSSION OF PREFERREDEMBODIMENTS detergents. Both materials may be distlnguished from the Thenovel products of this invention may he prepared cationic products ofthe instant invention in that the nonby the condensation of a lactone ofgluconic acid with ionic products lack substantivity, and the anionicmaterlals gamma dimethylaminopropylamine to form a gluconamide arelrffompatlble Wlth i reagents' which is further reacted with an alkylhalide or hydroxy- Bfltlsh Patent 1,16,552 dlscloses the P P Q alkylenehalide to yield the quaternary salt. Alternatively,

2 Y Y l,3-bls(tflalkyl) Propylene dlammonlum final condensation may bewith a dihaloalkane to yield a chlorides and 2 hydroxy 1,3bis(dialkyl,al-kylpolyoxybisquatemary l ethyl) propylene diammoniumdichlorides as softeners for The reactions may be illustrated in apreferred emtextile fabrics. Products of the type disclosed in thispatent bodiment as follows:

III l (|)H 1 1 5H CH3 H OH OH H H CH3 Delta-gluconolactone Gammadimethylaminopropyl amine Gamma dimethylaminopropyl gluconamide (1)Reaction of the gluconamide with ethylene chlorohydrln yields thequaternary chloride salt:

C C :hbut'mr'r $11 into... Alternatively, the gluconamide (1) may bereacted with 1,4-dichlor0butane to yield a bis-quaternary chloride salt:

iimtflii 11 I'HHICH.

may be distinguished from the products of the instant in- Methods forthe preparation of the dialkylaminoalkyl vention in that the prior artmaterials possess a single hygluconamide may be varied, depending on thenature of droxyl group as compared to the polyhydroxy chain de- 65 thediamine, solubility of the lactone or hexuronic acid rived from thegluconolactone, and have negative coefliand the like. In general, polarsolvents, such as the lower cients of solubility with increasingtemperature due to the alcohols having boiling points in the range ofabout 65 C. loss in hydrogen bonding of the polyether oxygens. to 120 C.are preferred. The diamine and lactone may be mixed or suspended in asolvent and heated with stir- SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION ring underreflux, or the diamine may be dissolved in the In accordance with thisinvention, we have now found solvent, and the lactone which has alimited solubility that quaternary chlorides ofN,N,N-trialkylaminoalkylene may be added portion-wise to the reactionmixture.

Amides usually have low solubilities in alcohols, and the gluconamidemay be isolated from the reaction mixture by removing part of thesolvent and cooling to crystallzation. Where the amide is to beconverted to a quaternary salt as in the instant invention, it is notnecessary to isolate the intermediate amide from solution and it can bereacted directly with the alkyl halide to form the qua-v ternary salt;

Due to the hydropyhlic character of the gluconic acid moiety, the amidesare readily soluble in water which may serve as a reaction medium forthe formation .of the quaternary salt. a

While the wide variety of dialkylaminoalkyl amines may be used for theformation of the gluconamide and a sampling of mono and dihalo alkaneslisted below may be used for formationof the quaternary salts of thegluconamides, gamma dimethylarninopropylamine is particularly preferredfor conversion of the lactone to the amide and ethylene chlorohydrin and1,4-dic-hlorobutane are particularly preferred for the preparation ofthe mono and his quaternary ammonium chloride salts. As used herein, theterm quaternary salt includes both the mono and his quaternary ammoniumhalides.

This invention, product work-up and properties of these novel materialswill be better understood .by reference to the following examples.

EXAMPLE 1 Preparation of gamma dimethylaminopropyl gluconamide Fivemoles (890 grams) of delta-gluconolactone were admixed with five moles(510 grams) of gamma-dimethylaminopropyl amine and 2.5 liters (1973grams) of commercially anhydrous isopropyl alcohol in a reaction flaskfitted with a stirrer, thermometer and reflux condenser. The mixture washeated to boiling with stirring and refluxed for one hour. Thehomogeneous solution was transferred,.after cooling to 70 C., to adistillation flask and the. isopropyl alcohol taken overhead at apressure of torr, using a water aspirator as a source of vacuum.

When all of the alcohol was removed (pot temperature,

85 C.), 1800 grams of water were added to give a homogeneous solution ofthe gluconamide.

EXAMPLE 2 Preparation of the ethylene chlorohydrin quaternary salt Thereaction product for Example 1 was transferred 7 to a reaction flaskfitted with a stirrer, thermometer, drop- When reaction was complete theproduct was worked up and finished to a 60% by weight aqueous solutionas in Example 2.

EXAMPLE 4 Preparation of gamma-diethylaminopropyl gluconamide A S-molebatch of this gluconamide was prepared from 890 grams ofdelta-gluconolactone and 650 grams of N,N- die thyl-1,3-propanediaminein the same amount as the dimethyl compound of Example 1.

Aliquots of the aqueous solution of the gluconamide were quaternizedwith n-butyl chloride, 2-eth-yl hexyl chloride, ethylene chlorohydrin,epichlorohydrin and I beta,beta-dichloroethyl ether.

ping funnel and reflux condenser and the flask contents heated withstirring to about 85 C. whereupon five moles (403 grams) of anhydrousethylene chlorohydrin were slowly addedover the course of about onehour. After all.

reacted ethylene chlorohydrin and water, were taken overhead at a finalvapor temperature of 100 C. The slightly amber solution was decolorizedby boiling under reflux for ten minutes with 25 grams of decolorizingcharcoal, filtered through a Biichner funnel and cooled to room tentperature. There was obtained 3000 grams of solution con taining 60% ofproduct by weight. Analysis of the solution showed anionicchlorinecontent of 6.04% by weight. 7

EXAMPLE 3 Preparation of the 1,4-dichlorobutane bis-quaternary compoundA second S-inole batch of gamma dimethylaminopropy gluconamide wasprepared as in Example 1, and reacted with 2.5 moles (317.5 grams) of1,4-dichlorobutane.

EXPERIMENTS DEMONSTRATING SUBSTANTIVITY EXAMPLE 5 Sub stantivity to wooljusted so as to permit the passage of ml. of reagent through the packedwool over a period of two minutes.

Three 100 ml. portions of hot isopropyl alcohol, previously freed ofchlorides by distillation over silver nitrate and alkali, was passedthrough the wool and the washings were found to be free of any traceofionie chloride, The isopropyl alcohol was eluted from the wool bypassing ten 100 ml. portions of de-ionized water through the wool and ineach instance the washings were found to be free of chloride ion whentested with silver nitrate. The last 100 ml. washing was saved as ablank sample and labelled No. 1.

One hundred ml. of a solution of the quaternary ammonium chlorideproduct of Example 2, having a concentrationrof 0.025 gram. per liter,was then recycled through the moist woolen cloth for a total of threepasses and a contact time of six minutes. The solution remaining afterthe last pass was labelled No. 2. V

The wool was thereafter washed with 100ml. portion of de-ionized water,testing each portion for chloride ion. A total of ten washes, the'lastof which was free of chloride, was labelled No.3.

7 The wool was then extracted with 100 ml. of hot chloride-freeisopropanol which was recycled three times through the cloth. Thissolution was labelled No. 4, and the original solution of'the,quaternarysal t having a concentration of 0.025 gm. per liter Waslabelled No. 5.

All of, the solutions were evaporated to one-half their volume on thesteam bath and diluted to original volume with isopropanol with theexception of No. 4 which was diluted with water.

All the samples were then treated with 0.2 ml. of 1:1 aqueous nitricacid and 1 ml. of a 1% aqueous solution of silver nitrate. Transmittancewas then read in a spectrophotometer after two minutes in 1 cm. matchedquartz cells at 400 millimicrons, using the blank No. 1 in the referencecell. The results are shownfin Table I.

TABLE 1 Percent Percent Sample No. transmittance absorbance it I l".ltlil....:

The results indicate that the quaternary compound of Example 2 issubstantive to wool and that at least 20% of the material was retainedby the wool despite the short exposure and extensive rinsing with water.

EXAMPLE 6 Substantivity to human hair TABLE II Percent Percent SampleNo. transmittance absorbance The results of this experiment indicatethat the quantity of quaternary compound substantively retained by thehair was approximately 38% EXAMPLE 7 Substantivity to human skinExperiments demonstrating substantivity to human skin are difficult toperform on the basis of chloride ion analyses because of the tendency ofthe sweat glands to continuously secrete material having a highconcentrafrom the skin give rise to turbidity, and shedding of squamouscells which also give rise to turbidity. For the above reasons, noattempt was made to isolate a given skin area but the hand of an adultCaucasian male was used for the following:

One hand was thoroughly scoured and rinsed until rinsings with distilledwater showed the absence of chloride ion. A final rinse with 100 ml. ofde-ionized water was labelled Solution 1. The moist hand was wetted in aclean dish with 100 ml. of a 0.025 cm. per liter solution of thequaternary ammonium chloride of Example 2 for six minutes and theresidual solution labelled Solution 2. The hand was thoroughly rinsedwith 100 ml. portions of de-ionized water until free of ionic chloride.The last 100 ml. rinse was labelled Solution 3.

The quaternary salt which had been adsorbed on the skin was thenstripped by immersion in 100 ml. of hot chloride ion-free isopropylalcohol for six minutes. The alcohol remaining in the dish was labelledSolution 4. The hand was then thoroughly scoured, rinsed in distilledwater until free of chloride and immersed in 100 ml. of fresh hotisopropyl alcohol for six minutes to determine how much sodium chlorideis secreted in six minutes. This alcohol rinse was labelled Solution 4A.The stock solution containing 0.025 gm./liter of the compound of Example2 was labelled Solution 5.

All solutions were made alkaline by the addition of 2 ml. of 0.1 N NaOH,evaporated to dryness on the steam bath and ashed at 600 C. to eliminateall oily or organic material removed from the skin. The ashed sampleswere dissolved in 50% aqueous isopropanol, acidified to a pH of 3.0-3.5by the addition of 0.1 N NHO and made up to ml. with the aqueousalcohol. One ml. of 1% AgNO was added to solution and after mixing thetransmittance was read in a spectrophotometer at 400 millimicrons.

In calculating the results, the absorbance of Sample 4A was deductedfrom the absorbance of Sample 4. The results indicate that approximately50% of the quaternary compound of Example 2 was absorbed on the skin.

The following formulations illustrate the utility of the products ofthis invention in a variety of cosmetic uses.

EXAMPLE 8 Acid skin cream The following ingredients expressed in partsby weight were mixed with agitation.

Part A:

Deeyl olcate 5.0 Glycerol monostearate 5.0 Light mineral oil U.S.P 15.0Stearyl alcohol 5.0 Ethoxylated oleyl alcohol 2.5 p-Hydroxy benzoic acidester 0.2 Part B:

Quaternary product of Example 2 2.0 Propylene glycol 5.0 Water 60.1Phosphoric acid 0.2

Parts A and B were warmed to 75 C., B was added to A with stirring andcooled to 35 C. with agitation. A smooth slightly acid skin cream havingexcellent emollient properties was obtained.

EXAMPLE 9 After-save lotion An after-save lotion was formulated from thefollowing ingredients expressed in parts by weight.

Part A:

Special denatured alcohol 40 50.0 Propylene glycol 5 .0 Perfume 2.0

Part B:

Quaternary product of Example 2 2.5 Water 40.5

Prepared Parts A and B as above and added Part B to Part A withagitation at room temperature. An aftershave lotion was obtained whichgave a much desired buttery feel to the skin when applied, and providedan excellent emollient elfect after shaving.

foam when used as a shampoo. 2 7

7 1 EXAM1? LE lO Anti-drandruff shampoo A shampoo, useful for theremoval of dandrufftrom the hairywas formulated. fromthe,followingingredients,

The ingredients in Part 7A were 7 mixed, and heated to 70. 'C; withstirring to elfect solutionfPart' B" was heated to 65 C. and addedwithstirring to PartA. When cool, a the perfume in Part C was added.There-was obtained a product, of increased viscosity which gave arichfthick.

EXAMPLE" 1'1. 'Hair-styling'gel pletev the sodium hydroxide was added,followed by Part "A hair styling gel useful fo'r mainta'ining'hair' ina? given a and, 7

A with mechanical mixing. 'A clear gel was produced having improvedviscosity characteristics and hair-setting properties. 7 I

It will be apparent'to those having skill in the'art that a variety ofmonosaecharic acids, lactones, keto-sugar acids and the like, includingpentahydroxy acids, may be substituted without departing from the scopeof the in vention disclosed herein. 7 7

Similarly, other diamines in has the hydrogens replaced by acylic oralicyciic radicals may be used instead of the N,N-dimethyl 1,3-propanediarnine. Suitable examples are N, N-diethy1ethylene diamine,N,N-'diethyl 1,4 butanediamine, N,N-bis(betahydroxyethyl) ethylenediamine, 4-dimethylamino cyclohexylamine and the like.

. Quaternary salts may be prepared from;a;wide;variety* of (E -C alkylchlorides and bromides, aralkyl halides such as benzyl chloride andalicyclichalides such as cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl chloride.Bisqnaternary saltsemayr r be prepared'fromjdihalo alkylenei compoundssuehias: l;3 5

dichloro propane, 1,4-di'bromo butane, 1.,6-dibromohexane. J r

t and bisschloromethyl componndssneh, as, @1,4.-hisechloro.-,

methyl benzene. 7

It. will be understood by thespiritthereof; v What is claimed. is:

1. A quaternary chloride salt. of N,N,N-trialkylaminoalkyleneglueonamide selected from the groupconsisting' 2m in 1'1' 2. Compositionaccording to claim 1 wherein said quaternary salt is H H H onn I ll

a i 0 H c[OmanntnaaraaaaCami] 3. Composition according to claiquaternary salt is hair-set was formulated from the followingingredients,

expressed in parts by Weighti. V I 7 PtiftAi" Carboxylated vinyl polymer0.90 60 Water 1 44.10 PartB: Quaternary compound of Example 2 1.00Polyvinylpyrrolidone 1,00 Sodiumhydroxide V, 0.36 365 Water;.; Q. 52.64

Part B was prepared as follows: :The quaternary com: pound wasdi'ssolved in'the water; and the 'polyvinylpyr rolidone added with s iri g When solution wasc m- References Cited FOREIGN PATENTS, 1

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a that modifications can bemadewithout departing from 5/1967 France260-4611. B 0 1,123,468 9/1962 Germany- 260561 B p

